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THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES CALLED<br/>
<span class=large>NUMBERS</span>
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CHAPTER 20
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Miriam dies—Moses smites rock at Meribah and brings forth water—Edom refuses to let Israel pass peacefully through their land—Aaron dies, and Eleazar becomes the high priest.
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Then</span> came the children of Israel, <i>even</i> the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in <sup>a</sup><a href="num/20/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 27: 14 (12-14); Num. 33: 36.">Kadesh</a>; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
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And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
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And the people <sup>a</sup><a href="num/20/3a" mark="a" type="E" title="OR contended (also v. 13, for ‘strove’); Deut. 33: 8.">chode</a> with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>!
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And why have ye brought up the congregation of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
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And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place?  it <i>is</i> no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither <i>is</i> there any water to drink.
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And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/20/6a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB tent of meeting.">tabernacle</a> of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> appeared unto them.
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&#182; And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> spake unto Moses, saying,
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Take the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/20/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 4: 20.">rod</a>, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and <sup>b</sup><a href="num/20/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 17: 6 (6-7).">speak</a> ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
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And Moses took the rod from before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, as he commanded him.
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And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, <sup>a</sup><a href="num/20/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 106: 33.">Hear</a> now, ye rebels; must <sup>b</sup><a href="num/20/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Rashness.">we</a> fetch you water out of this rock?
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And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he <sup>a</sup><a href="num/20/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 78: 15 (15-16, 20).">smote</a> the <sup>b</sup><a href="num/20/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 17: 29; 1 Ne. 20: 21; 2 Ne. 25: 20.">rock</a> twice: and the <sup>c</sup><a href="num/20/11c" mark="c" type="A" title="Isa. 48: 21.">water</a> came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts <i>also.</i>
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&#182; And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye <sup>a</sup><a href="num/20/12a" mark="a" type="F" title="IE in not speaking to the rock, striking it instead; TG Unbelief, Unbelievers.">believed</a> me not, to <sup>b</sup><a href="num/20/12b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Sanctification.">sanctify</a> me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not <sup>c</sup><a href="num/20/12c" mark="c" type="A" title="Deut. 31: 2.">bring</a> this congregation into the <sup>d</sup><a href="num/20/12d" mark="d" type="A" title="Deut. 4: 26 (24-28); Deut. 32: 51.">land</a> which I have given them.
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This <i>is</i> the water of <sup>a</sup><a href="num/20/13a" mark="a" type="E" title="IE Quarrel, Strife, Contention; Ex. 17: 7; Deut. 33: 8; Ezek. 47: 19.">Meribah</a>; because the children of Israel <sup>b</sup><a href="num/20/13b" mark="b" type="C" title="Ezek. 48: 28; TG Strife.">strove</a> with the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and he was sanctified in them.
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&#182; And Moses <sup>a</sup><a href="num/20/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Judg. 11: 17.">sent</a> messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
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How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
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And when we cried unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, he heard our voice, and sent an <sup>a</sup><a href="num/20/16a" mark="a" type="C" title="Ex. 32: 34; TG Angels.">angel</a>, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we <i>are</i> in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
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Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink <i>of</i> the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s <i>high</i> way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
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And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass <sup>a</sup><a href="num/20/18a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB through me (i.e. through my land).">by</a> me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
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And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will <sup>a</sup><a href="num/20/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 2: 28.">pay</a> for it: I will only, without <i>doing</i> any thing <i>else,</i> go through on my feet.
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And he said, Thou shalt not go through.  And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
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Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
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&#182; And the children of Israel, <i>even</i> the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/20/23a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB border.">coast</a> of the land of Edom, saying,
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Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye <sup>a</sup><a href="num/20/24a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Rebellion.">rebelled</a> against my word at the water of Meribah.
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Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
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And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered <i>unto his people,</i> and shall die there.
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And Moses did as the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
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And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and <sup>a</sup><a href="num/20/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 33: 38 (37-39); Deut. 10: 6; Deut. 32: 50.">Aaron</a> died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
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And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, <i>even</i> all the house of Israel.
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